Social rights in the shadow of poor relief – social assistance in the universal Swedish welfare state
Panican, Alexandru LU
and Ulmestig, Rickard
LU
(2016)
In Citizenship Studies
20(3-4).
p.475-489
- Abstract
- The idea of a European social citizenship is being developed by the EU
to provide a minimum safety net. Questions about social citizenship
are of fundamental importance in people’s everyday lives. Social
assistance is a central dimension when studying social citizenship.
Before discussing in terms of a European social citizenship, we should
determine whether we have a social citizenship at the national level.
We therefore analyse the Swedish welfare state, one of the most
mature welfare states in the EU. We conclude that the social right to
social assistance is not part of modern citizenship, nor does it follow the formal principles of legal citizenship rights. The law... (More) - The idea of a European social citizenship is being developed by the EU
to provide a minimum safety net. Questions about social citizenship
are of fundamental importance in people’s everyday lives. Social
assistance is a central dimension when studying social citizenship.
Before discussing in terms of a European social citizenship, we should
determine whether we have a social citizenship at the national level.
We therefore analyse the Swedish welfare state, one of the most
mature welfare states in the EU. We conclude that the social right to
social assistance is not part of modern citizenship, nor does it follow the formal principles of legal citizenship rights. The law presupposes a considerable amount of discretionary power at the local level when it comes to identifying the deserving poor; something that goes against the definition of a legal citizenship right. The right to social assistance is still a reproduction of the old poor-relief logic. (Less)
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- author
- Panican, Alexandru
LU
and Ulmestig, Rickard
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-02-06
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- social assistance, social citizenship, EU, minimum safety net, europena social citizenship, national level, Welfare states, law, discretionary Power, local level, poor, deserving poor, right, old poor-relief
- in
- Citizenship Studies
- volume
- 20
- issue
- 3-4
- pages
- 14 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84958061131
- wos:000374951200013
- ISSN
- 1469-3593
- DOI
- 10.1080/13621025.2016.1139053
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 4cd8460d-45f0-4b55-9ce1-15710adb3c36 (old id 8861563)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 10:06:13
- date last changed
- 2025-04-04 14:06:49
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to provide a minimum safety net. Questions about social citizenship<br/><br>
are of fundamental importance in people’s everyday lives. Social<br/><br>
assistance is a central dimension when studying social citizenship.<br/><br>
Before discussing in terms of a European social citizenship, we should<br/><br>
determine whether we have a social citizenship at the national level.<br/><br>
We therefore analyse the Swedish welfare state, one of the most<br/><br>
mature welfare states in the EU. We conclude that the social right to<br/><br>
social assistance is not part of modern citizenship, nor does it follow the formal principles of legal citizenship rights. The law presupposes a considerable amount of discretionary power at the local level when it comes to identifying the deserving poor; something that goes against the definition of a legal citizenship right. The right to social assistance is still a reproduction of the old poor-relief logic.}},
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